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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Joffre reveal to Palinor?
2. How do the nuns know Amara misses Josefa?
3. Why is Jaime worried?
4. What stimulates Severo?
5. Why has Jaime come to Sant Clara?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Dolca comes into Palinor's room on an errand?
2. What does Severo suggest to Beneditx?
3. What does Palinor tell Beneditx about the need to explain everything?
4. What does Josefa do to help Amara's recovery?
5. What about Gaspar and his life does Severo think of while he is riding to see Palinor?
6. What does Josefa observe about Amara especially when thinking about her younger brothers?
7. What does Joffre tell Palinor about Dolca?
8. How does Sor Blancha realize Amara misses Josefa and what happens when she does?
9. Why is Beneditx angry and what does he remember about his mother's anger?
10. How does Severo respond to Jamie's story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While Amara has survived, her savage upbringing and subsequent gang rape have subjected her to horrible atrocities. God is clearly not present in, or protecting, her life.
1. What type of agenda do you think the author has by showing a girl like Amara who has suffered so much?
2. Do you think a child in real life could experience what Amara has and be as well as she has become? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think the shepherds who gang raped Amara were not arrested for the crime?
Essay Topic 2
Severo's dream brings to light the role the Cardinal has played in Palinor's downfall. Severo easily could have let Palinor go, as the man clearly washed up on Grandinsula by accident, but Severo chose to detain Palinor, because he was interested in talking further with the atheist. What has happened to Palinor on Grandinsula is not a result of God's providence or God's hand, but of Severo's selfish desires.
1. Do you think it is Severo's fault that Palinor is being held? Why or why not?
2. Do you think Palinor should lie to save his life? Why or why not?
3. What would you do if you were in Severo's position? How about Palinor's?
Essay Topic 3
The abbess, like Beneditx, has lived a life cut off from the real world and doesn't encounter sins such as murder and bestiality. The murder was so uneventful to Amara, who grew up in world where killing was often frequent and necessary to eat, that she doesn't even remember why she murdered her sister.
1. Do you think someone like the abbess so cut off from reality is a good person to deal with Amara? Why or why not?
2. Why do you think the murder of her sister doesn't bother Amara?
3. Do you think Amara should be found guilty of murder? Why or why not?
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